Hairy Subject

Facial hair or no facial hair...that was the question I grappled with. Well,it seems I shaved off my facial hair too quickly, as this month is Movember! Yes, it seems that there is a fundraising campaign going on in the month formerly known as November, where men grow moustaches and raise money towards prostate cancer treatment and research initiatives. It's also an attempt at generally raising awareness of men's health issues, something that men themselves would often prefer not to think about.

Alas, my former facial hair would not have supported the cause anyhow, since it was technically a goatee. An expert from Movember appeared on the news this morning and explained that in order to be considered a proper moustache, the facial hair could not touch at the chin, nor go all the way up to the sideburns (when it becomes a beard)

TV1's Paul Henry, our mischevious morning show host, asked the Movember rep if he was concerned at all that several women from the South Island were reportedly growing armpit hair to show solidarity with the cause. To his credit, Mo-guy recovered quickly, and simply replied it was all cool as long as everyone shaves at the end of the month! While paying homage to such whiskered legends as Burt Reynolds and Tom Selleck, he confirmed that big, bushy moes were not coming back in style.

Good on ya, guys, for growing those moes and hopefully I'll be free of the job hunting by next year so I can join in the fun.